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Question 31
Explain how offspring and parents of organisms reproducing sexually have the same number of chromosomes?
Question 31
Explain how offspring and parents of organisms reproducing sexually have the same number of chromosomes?
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Reduction division (meiosis) during gamete formation halves the chromosome number in both male and female gametes. Since these two gametes fuse during fertilization, the original number of chromosomes (as in the parent) has been restored to the offspring.
Reduction division (meiosis) during gamete formation halves the chromosome number in both male and female gametes. Since these two gametes fuse during fertilization, the original number of chromosomes (as in the parent) has been restored to the offspring.
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